Responses of the open-closed field line boundary in the evening sector to IMF changes: A source mechanism for Sun-aligned arcs (Journal of Geophysical Research (2003) 108:A1 (1006) DOI: 10.1029/2001JA000174);Responses of the open-closed field line boundary in the evening sector to IMF changes: A source mechanism for Sun-aligned arcs

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A1, 2003, Pages

  Maynard, N C ^a   Burke, W J ^b   Moen, J ^c   Ober, D M ^a   Scudder, J D ^d   Sigwarth, J B ^d   Siscoe, G L ^e   Sonnerup, B U O ^f   White, W W ^a   Siebert, K D ^a   Weimer, D R ^a   Erickson, G M ^b,e   Frank, L A ^d   Lester, M ^g   Peterson, W K ^h   Russell, C T ^f,i   Wilson, G R ^a   Egeland, A ^c  

^a MISSION RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aurora; Magnetohydrodynamic simulations; Magnetosphere; Magnetosphere ionosphere coupling; Magnetotail; Sun aligned arcs; 2704 Magnetospheric Physics: Auroral phenomena (2407); 2736 Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetosphere ionosphere interactions; 2740 Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetospheric configuration and dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347199579     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA009848     Document Type: Erratum

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